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<br />financed and what consumer water rates (initial and long-term) typically apply in situations comparable to <br />those of northeastern Colorado. <br /> <br />Method: General developmental costs and engineering specifications will be provided as <br />an in-kind service by J-U-B Engineer's. The firm has installed six dual systems in Utah <br />and Idaho. In addition, modeling development costs will be provided using the two more <br />intensively analyzed sample irrigation companies in Part II. <br /> <br />TASK 5. Water customer and iurisdictional preferences and concerns will be examined in detail. <br />Health and safety (water quality) concerns will be surveyed, as well as seasonal and annual preferences <br />for landscape water needs, and dual system water service oversight (community shared pipeline, <br />homeowner's association management, irrigation company management, and other organizational <br />arrangements). Examples of relevant jurisdictional ordinances, homeowner covenants, billing procedures <br />and community educational programs used in established dual systems will also be provided. Attention <br />will be given to effectively addressing possible State and Federal guidelines for such systems. <br /> <br />Method: Consumer surveys will be used to assess preferences in unincorporated areas <br />within the urban growth boundaries, in rural subdivisions, and in rural towns. Assistance <br />in assessing community preferences will be obtained from counties and municipalities. <br />Focus groups may be used. Most ofthis task will be conducted by Colorado State <br />University. <br /> <br />TASK 6. Conduct a regional economic impact analvsis, including assessment of the potential <br />effects of dual system development on local water markets (purchase and rental), agricultural land <br />markets, and expected improvements in residential and subdivision land values resulting from dual <br />system availability. This task will include projections of possible changes in revenue for treated water <br />and changing treatment and supply costs of municipalities and rural domestics, anticipated changes in <br />water rates, and possible changes in rural subdivision development costs. <br /> <br />Method: Economic impact projections for the northeastern Colorado area will be <br />evaluated against the impact of dual system development in three comparable localities <br />(Mesa County, Colorado; Davis County, Utah; Ada County, Idaho). This task will be <br />conducted jointly by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, J-U-B <br />Engineering, Inc., and Colorado State University. <br /> <br />TASK 7. A final section to Part I will describe different business designs that might be <br />considered for the agricultural irrigation water supplier itself. Possible examples include the actual <br />supplier (canal company/irrigation district) managing the dual system, a subsidiary of the agricultural <br />supplier operating and maintaining the system, joint management with subdivision/homeowners <br />associations, etc. Again, these examples will be derived from a careful study of dual system management <br />elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region. The section is expected to address business issues of concern to <br />agricultural water supplier boards and managers. <br /> <br />Method: Interviews and visits with agricultural water suppliers already providing dual <br />system water delivery in other areas, and sharing these experiences with agricultural <br />water suppliers in the study area to identify preferences and local needs. Most of this <br />task will be conducted by Colorado State University. <br />